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Historic
Above and Beyond: Robert Cowper
Graham Pitchfork outlines the wartime career of Australian night-fighter ace Bob Cowper
Restoration Scene: Tempting Reality
The ‘carrot’ of an airworthy Hawker Tempest has been dangling for years...
TEUTONIC TREASURE TROVE
Germany’s Technik Museum Speyer has been branded a must for aviation enthusiasts...
Glory Days - de Havilland Moths
FlyPast showcases select examples of de Havilland’s peerless Moth series...
Warton's Tornado target Lightnings
In its twilight years the Lightning turned from hunter to hunted, as Ken Ellis explains
Military
UK and US extend Airseeker support until 2035
The UK and US have moved to extend an existing support deal for the RC-135W Rivet Joint (Airseeker) electronic surveillance aircraft until 2035 in a deal worth £970m
First AH-1Z Viper built for Bahrain
Bell Textron completed the first build of the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter for the Kingdom of Bahrain last month. The US company announced the completion of the build in a press release on October 22
Cutting the cost - Insight into counter-insurgency aircraft
Using state-of-the-art jet fighters for counterinsurgency close air support is expensive – cost-effective alternatives are needed. Samuel Beal looks at the capabilities developed and the role of more economical platforms in tomorrow’s battlespace
Commercial
Rebirth of the Dancing Crane - Part 2
Following privatisation in the 1980s, Japan Airlines continued to grow, until it faced the threat of bankruptcy in 2010. Having emerged successfully from that crisis, it is now struggling with the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, as Jozef Mols details
From Jodel to Jumbo A Life of Flying
As a boy, he was told he was “stupid” to think he could ever become a pilot, but Scott Birrell FRAeS enjoyed a distinguished career in aviation as an airline captain, head of pilot training and a senior examiner
Dan-Air’s Trijet Boeings
Dan-Air was one of the few British operators of the Boeing 727, using them to modernise its fleet and its image in the early 1970s. Bob O’Brien remembers the airline’s trijet years
Flight Simulation
IL2 Sturmovik: Cliffs of Dover - Blitz Edition
In December 2016, Team Fusion Simulations announced an agreement...
